I nestled in his embrace, thinking for a long time. When I spoke again, my voice trembled: “Then… tell me everything.”
His embrace tightened, and feeling his heartbeat, even I couldn’t help but feel nervous. I almost wanted to take it back. I bit my lip. Although past events were forgotten, the truth was right in front of me. Enduring it, I didn’t stop him.
“A thousand years ago, when the relationship between the divine and ghost realms was at its lowest point, I was young and impulsive, always thinking that instead of small conflicts, we should have a full-scale war.”
Most court officials also basically agreed, so I planned the war.
I held my breath, ears perked to not miss a single word.
I, Mu Shu, did not know what happened after you returned, and during the war, I tried to avoid meeting you. As a Medicine Immortal, you were not supposed to come as a War God, but on that day, we collided head-on.
His hand caressed my face, gently sliding over my eyebrow and down the corner of my eye: “I still remember your expression of shock and hatred.”
To be betrayed by a loved one would indeed breed hatred. Hearing this, I did not yet feel heartbroken; those entangled memories were slowly being sorted out.
“Shortly after I returned to the camp, someone reported that you wanted to see me. I went to the appointment, intending to take you back to the Ghost Realm. But I did not expect that waiting for me would be the 50,000 heavenly soldiers you had ambushed in the forest. I did not anticipate your hatred for me. After being injured while resisting the heavenly soldiers, I struck you in anger, watching you about to fall into the River of Bones, certain to die. And when I injured you, you did not fight back. I softened and ran to save you.”
I frowned and said, “If I truly hated you and wanted to kill you, I would have joined them in besieging you, not foolishly waiting for you to kill me.”
Mu Chuan said faintly, “Who knows what you were thinking at the time? Perhaps you wanted to die together with me.”
After hearing the past, I sighed.
